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Christian Petzold (born September 14, 1960; Hilden) is a German filmmaker, best known for directing the films Barbara, Jerichow, and Phoenix. He is credited to the Berlin School and has received numerous prizes and awards. Petzold writes his own scenarios, often collaborating with Harun Farocki. As his former teacher at dffb, Farocki was a major influence on Petzold, who, along with Angela Schanelec and Thomas Arslan, is generally considered to be part of the Berlin School. While the Berlin School is often associated with a new turn towards realism and political cinema, Petzold's films, while…
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- Polizeiruf 110 (1971) Writer
- Volle Kanne (1999) as Self
- Phoenix (2014) Director
- German Film Award (1951) as Self
- Romy Award (1990) as Self
- Grimme Award (1964) as Self
- Bavarian Film Awards (1979) as Self
- German Television Award (1999) as Self
- West.art am Sonntag (2003) as Self
- Afire (2023) Writer
- Miroirs No. 3 (2025) Director
- Transit (2018) Director
- Yella (2007) Writer
- Undine (2020) Director
- Barbara (2012) Director
- Jerichow (2009) Director
- The State I Am In (2001) Director
- Ghosts (2005) Screenplay
- Bewegte Republik Deutschland (2014) as Self
- Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008) as Self
- Seven Songs (2017) as Self
- The Sex Thief (1998) Director
- Wolfsburg (2003) Director
- Something to Remind Me (2002) Director
- Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005) as Self
- Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen (2015) as Self
- Cuba Libre (1996) Screenplay
- Dreileben: Beats Being Dead (2011) Director
- The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art (2021) as Self - Filmmaker
- Pilots (1995) Screenplay
- Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit (2024) as Self
- The Making of 'Phoenix' (2014) as Self
- Love/Work/Cinema: A Conversation with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss (2016) as Self
- Imaginary Architecture, the architect Hans Scharoun (1995) Assistant Director
- South (1990) Director of Photography
- Eastward (1991) Director of Photography
- Where Do You Stand Today, Christian Petzold? (2017) Director
- The Warm Money (1992) Writer
- Broads (1989) Director of Photography
- Barrage and Bunker (1991) Cast
- Vergangen, vergessen, vorüber (1994) Sound
- The Cinema and the Wind and Photography (1991) Co-Producer
- Navy Cut (1993) Cast
- Die UFA (1992) Assistant Director
- Deduction (1994) Director
- 19 Portraits (1990) Sound
- Mission (1987) Director
- Der Beigeschmack des Todes (1992) Cast
- Isaak Babel - Die Reiterarmee (1990) Cast
- I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor! (1988) Director
- Glory and Misery of the Gifted (1990) Director
- Am Rand (1991) Sound
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Most-watched Christian Petzold films currently: Phoenix (2014), Afire (2023), Miroirs No. 3 (2025), Transit (2018), Yella (2007).
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Selected TV credits: Polizeiruf 110 (1971), Volle Kanne (1999), German Film Award (1951), Romy Award (1990), Grimme Award (1964).
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